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Police Promotion Hit Parents Attack War Toys -- r:, -::)1 December 2, 198 7 u r• Q Vol. XXXI, No. 50 .The weekly newspaper ~D seNi ng the towns of Bethlehem and New Scotland Police promotion hit Top candidates choJlenge selection By Patricia Mitchell Kerr also says she intends to file a Corsi has been made and he A recommendation that the sex discrimination suit if the stands by it. town promote a police officer board accepts Currie's recom­ "It is a town board decision hired two years ago has left the mendation. (now)," Currie said, declining to town board facing a petition drive The three officers received the comment further. on behalf of another officer with highest scores on a recent civil After the meeting, Koonz said a 18 years service and a possible sex service examination for sergeant, majority of the officers in the discrimination suit by the force's and Corsi was recommended to department wanted him to give only woman officer. fill the sergeant's vacancy by the town board a total perspective Petitions and letters in favor of Currie after interviews by a pro­ on the matter. Currie was Officer Marvin Koonz were motion review board composed of brought in as chief and Corsi was More bear adventures presented at the town board the chief and the department's brought in from another depart­ meeting Wednesday and the three lieutenants. Reed-Kerr placed ment, while Koonz has been with board tabled a recommendation first oti. the exam, Koonz second and the force 18 years and has been up By Theresa Bobear Corsi third. from Police Chief Paul Currie to for promotion several time? During the past year many families have looked with curiosity promote Officer Louis Corsi to On Monday, Currie said the before. If Koonz was promoted, into the Shuttle Hill Herb Shop, 243 Delaware Ave., Delmar, sergeant. Officer Cindy Reed- recommendation to nominate (Furn to J'age 9) while passing by at night. After learning of the adventures of the • shop's bears in Teddies lo the Rescue, children throughout the Capital District have been eagerly awaiting another tale from the lives of Kenyon Bear an(! his friends. Author Alexandra Kurland and illustrator Mark Kenyon of Parents attack war toys Delmar have produced a second magical story with illustrations just in time for the holidays. In Edgrr the Bear Who Wanted to be By Sal Prividera ironic to celebrate Christmas as buying war toys is an issue Real, readers meet a teddy bear who doesn't want to be a teddy " bear. It was the first shopping day of the "birth of the prince of peace parents are in conflict about," she the Christmas season and as with buying toys that encourage said. While spending a winter night in the forest, Edgrr learns the usual Delaware Plaza was packed violence.'' "We're not ·talking about difference between being a real bear and being a teddy bear. He with shoppers, but many were The idea for the protest came cowboy guns. G.L Joe has discovers that one of the most important things to be is to be greeted with a different message from reading a leaflet written by weapons accessory packs which himself and that adventures are wonderful but families are even - "Say no to GJ. Joe." the Northeast War Resisters include grenadeS, missiles and better. Ellen Kelly-Lind, her family League, Kelly-Lind said. The bayonets," she said. Children who read the story will hear from some of their old and some of her friends spent part league, which in past years has She said that these toys are and familiar friends, including Kenyon Bear, who has a head of Friday handing out leaflets and targeted toys like <:;oleco's Rambo, different than. those of earlier cold and sounds all stuffed up. carrying placards with phases chose Hasbro's G.LJoe toys this generations, since they don't After selling thousands of copies of Teddies to the Rescue, such as "say ·no to war toys.·· year. encourage the use of imagination Kurland is optimistic that Edgrr's tale will also be well received. Kelly-Lind and her friends, who The G.L Joe toys were ranked and that children can watch "We have little ones who every time they visit ask where · regularly meet for supper with among the top selling toys in 1986 cartoons on television (aniong Edgrr is," Kurland said. "Families have been coming in and their families, decided to "offer and 1987, according to statistics childrens' cartoons are Rambo telling us that the children like it and want it reread. The magic encouragement to parents not to in the leaflet. and G.L Joe). The cartoons show has worked." buy war toys." "We know from our experience The author reports that copies of Teddies to the Rescue have She said she thought it was as parents that the issue of (Turn to Page 19) reached every continent except Antarctica. The book is carried by most Capital District bookstores and a number of bookstores throughout the country. While Kurland insists that both stories in the series were wo more 'shaky' bridges "written· to tell a good story first and foremost," she admits to parents reporting children who were nicer not only to their teddy bears but also to each other after hearing the first story. By Tom McPheeters In fact, Kenyon Bear has become a story collector for Animal Bridges make people nervous Ambassadors International, an organization that uses animals these days. Especially shaky to build bridges with people in other countries. Children may bridges, or bridges with posted send their own stories to Kenyon. If their teachers approve, the weight limits. stories will be published in a newsletter and traded with stories Bethlehem and New Scotland _written by children in the Soviet Union. commuters have two more KenyOn Bear is being featured in an Animal Ambassadors bridges to feel shaky about about workbook that is being developed to bring animals and story as a result of various state tellinf into the classroom. actions. But in both cases the Kurland plans to inspire the imagination 'of young people by experts say there's nothing to accompanying Kenyon Bear on his visits to area schools after the worry about. holidays. Meanwhile, children may visit Kenyon and his friends The bridge carrying Delaware at home in the Shuttle Hill Herb Shop. Ave. over the state Thruway is Kurland and Kenyon h;tve published Edgrr's tale through the carrying a new 10-ton load limit, "recommended': by the state (Turn to Page 3) Department of Transportation after inspections fouild excess weight on the deck a.nd some decomposition of concrete under the deck. The load limit is high enough not to impede much traffic, but Delaware Ave. is the Delmar area's major lirik with Albany, and this bridge is right • next to the bridge over the Normanskill, which DOT 1s currently repairing because of structural problems to the support piers. Further west, commuters are Illustrations by Mark Kenyon developing a new appreciation of The new traffic signal on Rt. 85 at Blessing Rd. means more cars stop on the bridge over the Normanskill- and feel the (Turn to Page 19). vibrations as other vehicles pass by. Spotlight Discover a Dickens Christmas at Delaware Plaza Come shop -at Delaware Plaza · and find the true meaning of the Happy Holiday Spirit! • Free Cider & Donuts December 4 Friday 12 n-9 pm 5 Saturday 10 am-6 pm 6 Sunday- 12-5 pm .7 •. Monday _ 5 pm-9 pm 11 Friday 3 pm-9 pm 12 Saturday 12-6 pm 13 Sunday 12-5 pm 14 Monday 5 pm-9 pm 18 Friday 10 am-9 pm 19 Saturday 10 am-6 prri 20 Sunday 12-5 pm Santa Oaus is coming • • • . December 11 Friday 2 pm-3 pm Count Down 3 pm-4 pm Strolling the Plaza 4 pm-5 pm Albany Savings Bank 5 pm-6 pm Strolling the Plaza 12 Saturday 12 n-1 pm Strolling the Plaza 1 pm-2 pm Fantastic Sam's 2 pm-3 pm Laura Taylor Shop 3 pm-4 pm Radio Shack 18 Friday 2 pm-3 pm Fantastic Sam's Christmas Carolers 3 pm-4 pm Count Down December 12 Saturday 11 am-1 pm 4 pm-5 pm Strolling the Plaza Bethlehem High School's "Sound System;, 5 pm-6 pm Paper Mill December 16 Wednesday 7 pm-9 pm Albany Pro Musica 19 Saturday 12 n- 1 pm Albany Savings Bank December 1,_9 Saturday 11 am-1 pm 1 pm-2 pm Strolling the Plaza Bethlehem High School's "Sound System" 2 pm-3 pm Laura Taylor Shop December 20 Sunday 1 pm-3 pm 3 pm-4 pm Radio Shack ' Albany Pro Musica Season's, Season's Greetings Greetings PAGE 2- December 2, 1987- The Spotlight • Hahn gets his assistant By Bill Cote • Approved Currie's request to appoint Craig Sleurs as part-time In a move that may promote dispatcher in his department. peace among the factions in the Bethlehem Bethlehem Republican Party, the • Authorized Supervisor J_ Bethlehem Town Board last week Robert Hendrick to submit an approved a request by Kenneth application for aid to the state Hahn, receiver of taxes and The board also received a report Division for Youth to continue itS assessments, to appoint a full­ from Public Works Commissioner current funding. The request was Bruce Secor on the costs resulting time assistant. solicited by the town Parks and from the Oct. 4 storm. Debris ReCreation Department. The board agre<ed to appoint clearing in Bethlehem totaled Janice D.
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